Breakout session 1
- Small Breweries: How to grow and stay small, Sam Holloway, President – Crafting A Strategy
- Global trends in beer consumption and production, Johan Swinnen, Professor Economics KULeuven and President Beeronomics Society
- Panel discussion – Growth and value creation in the beer business
- Sam Holloway (Moderator), President Crafting A Strategy
- Nicolas Billard, Co-founder and Head Brewer at Vadia Brewery&Brewpub – Vadia Brewery & Brew Pub
- Leonardo Di Vincenzo, Brewmaster – Birra del Borgo
- Richard Fuller, Corporate Affairs Director – Fuller’s
- Grant Caunter, Global Manager Craft and Variety, Heineken
Breakout session 2
- Crowd funding your brewery
- Erwin Vanmol, General Manager Vrijstaat Vanmol Brewing
- André Janssens, General Manager Hof ten Dormaal
- Anke Frencken, Good Idea Manager – Ulule
- Peter De Bruyne, Business development manager KBC – Bolero Crowdfunding
Breakout session 3
- What’s your strategy for authenticity?
- Krishan Maudgal (Moderator), Managing Director – Maudgal International
- Johan Van Dyck, Founder – Antwerp Brewing Company
- Susanne Hecht, Beersommelière and Sales Director National and International – Schneider Weisse
Breakout session 4
- Brand & Products – Stories & Styles
- Hugo Hanselmann (Moderator), Founder & CEO HuHeHa
- Grant McKenzie, Director Marketing and Strategy – Asahi Breweries Europe
- Giovanni Campari, Brew Master and Co-Founder Birrificio del Ducato
Breakout session 5
- Start local, go global
- Vincent Bayer (Moderator), Agency Director – Agency Director Sopexa Benelux
- Steve Parr, Export Development Program Manager – Brewers Association
- Krishan Maudgal, Managing Director Maudgal International
Breakout session 6
- Consumer oriented innovations that might drasticly impact your business
- Hugo Hanselmann (Moderator), Founder & CEO – HuHeHa
- Karim Choueiri, Co Founder and CEO – HiKaMi Digital
- Edwin Blom, CEO – MiniBrew
- Ricardo Texeira, General Manager & Co-founder – Virtusai
- Andrew Reeve, CEO and Founder – Honestbrew
Breakout session 7
- No alcohol and low alcohol: product innovations and forecasts of a fast growing product category
- Sam Holloway (Moderator), President Crafting A Strategy
- Ronald van de Streek, Founder & General Manager, vandeStreek bier
- Spiros Malandrakis, Head of Alcoholic Drinks Euromonitor International
- Yiannis Evokiadis, Global Manager Low & No Alcohol – Heineken